tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post5394561376338653702..comments2023-04-10T00:18:08.712+12:00Comments on Overkill: Do we need stormy weather?Vanda Symonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-72548830650523694792008-09-23T20:58:00.000+12:002008-09-23T20:58:00.000+12:00Oh, Paradoxical Cat, you're so terrifying - that's...Oh, Paradoxical Cat, you're so terrifying - that's all the incentive I needed to get cracking!Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-27070726200599282772008-09-23T20:53:00.000+12:002008-09-23T20:53:00.000+12:00You want stormy weather? Try NOT coming up with th...You want stormy weather? Try NOT coming up with the next instalment. Grr!The Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-70254020838009782662008-09-21T16:15:00.000+12:002008-09-21T16:15:00.000+12:00A holiday would be lovely - we're off for a break ...A holiday would be lovely - we're off for a break to central Otago with the school hols, so that's a short break, though restful? I think not!<BR/><BR/>Wellington would be good. I keep having fantasies about a nice little research trip to Menton courtesy of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship, you know take the family, escape for a year, do a bit of writing and experience Europe. Dreams...Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-30120191358451070432008-09-20T08:03:00.000+12:002008-09-20T08:03:00.000+12:00Vanda, you don't need a sister to make a lovely ge...Vanda, you don't need a sister to make a lovely gesture like Mary has. Rest that great brain of yours.Law and Orderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833525664073965207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-51623697212867991242008-09-19T18:22:00.000+12:002008-09-19T18:22:00.000+12:00Dear Vanda. Frankly, you blow me away. You are suc...Dear Vanda. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, you blow me away. You are such a strong, astonishing woman and it amazed me to talk to you in Christchurch about the emotional upheaval you'd been through while writing your two novels - but at the same time I understand all too well. I use writing as an escape, too. It is the perfect place to go because you CONTROL it. The story, the language - all of that. <BR/><BR/>On top of that, you've achieved so much producing two novels during a fraught time AND with young kids. You may simply need a break for your mind to rest. I did after The Blue, and it's worth it. <BR/><BR/>Finally, how about getting Sam to come to Wellington to follow up a crime? Readers up here would love it. And you're welcome to stay with me while you research....Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.com